Shite & Sound

Happy Bisexual Visability Week! Celebrate, as is tradition, the glorious 35th anniversaries of Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' (Sept.1987), Abel Ferrara's 'China Girl' (Sept.1987), and Uther Shite (Sept.1987), with your hosts, Uther Shite & Finn "Sound" Nicolas

This week, Finn & Uther watch John Ford's 'The Searchers' (1956), a western Uther strongly argues shouldn't be in the BFI Top Ten, and, S. Craig Zahler's 'Bone Tomahawk' (2015), a western Finn repeatedly implies should take its place.

This week, Finn and Uther watch 'Man with a Movie Camera' (1929), a still-revolutionary poem of film, and 'Wind from the East' (1970), a shrill-revolutionary waste of celluloid.

This week, Finn & Uther watched 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' (1928) and 'Witchfinder General' (1968), career-best performances from two of the greats: Maria Falconetti (? I hardly know 'er Falconetti) and Vincent Price (in THIS economy?).

To celebrate 100 episodes, here is the first instalment of a new sub-series: Film's Filmvourite Films. Finn introduces Uther to the decadent, despairing directorial work of acid-camp maestro Herbert Ross. First up is 'The Last of Sheila' (1973), Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkin's poison pen murder-mystery-of-manners to Hollywood. And then on to: 'Pennies from Heaven' (1981), Dennis Potter's brutal musical portrait of toxic masculinity. As portrayed by Steve Martin.

This week, Finn & Uther watch '8½' (1963), the most Fellini a Fellini ever Fellini'd, and, 'Nine' (2009), which is among the films Rob Marshall has directed.

This week, Finn & Uther watched ‘Battleship Potemkin’ (1925), Eisenstein’s epochal Soviet propaganda, and ‘Battleship’ (2012), Berg’s eh-pochal Hasbro propaganda.

This week, Finn & Uther watch Vigo's 'L'Atalante', easier to appreciate rather than actually enjoy, and Cameron's 'Titanic', easier to enjoy rather than actually appreciate.

This week, Finn & Uther watched 'Breathless' (1960), Godard's explosive debut feature, and 'Gigli' (2003), Brest's explosive diarrhoea.